Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

University of Westminster Highly Cited Researchers CitationSocial Sciences / Political Science Rankings 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
United Kingdom
Graham Smith
Democracy
Citizen Participation
Democratic Innovations
Climate Politics
Environmental Politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,228
5,132
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
United Kingdom
Rohit Lekhi
International economic policy
international political economy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,162
422
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
United Kingdom
John E Owens
Political Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,879
895
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
United Kingdom
Ben Fagan Watson
Environment
Climate change
Social science
action research
participatory research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
558
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
United Kingdom
Daniel Conway
LGBT rights
Pride parades
South African politics and society
masculinities and war resistance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
623
300
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
United Kingdom
Jamileh Kadivar
Middle East
Political Science
International Relations
Media and Communications
Women Affairs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
111
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
United Kingdom
Claudio Lanza
international relations
mimetic theory
peace and conflict studies
rivalry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,453
United Kingdom
7,275
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Graham Smith
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,228
5,132
0.457
Democracy
Citizen Participation
Democratic Innovations
Climate Politics
Environmental Politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
627,570
United Kingdom
38,669
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Rohit Lekhi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,162
422
0.363
International economic policy
international political economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
462,959
United Kingdom
30,480
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
John E Owens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,879
895
0.476
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743,293
United Kingdom
43,761
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Ben Fagan Watson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
842
558
0.663
Environment
Climate change
Social science
action research
participatory research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
846,302
United Kingdom
47,698
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Daniel Conway
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
623
300
0.482
LGBT rights
Pride parades
South African politics and society
masculinities and war resistance
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,484,190
United Kingdom
75,750
190
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jamileh Kadivar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
126
111
0.881
Middle East
Political Science
International Relations
Media and Communications
Women Affairs
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,168,101
United Kingdom
92,941
237
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Claudio Lanza
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12
10
0.833
international relations
mimetic theory
peace and conflict studies
rivalry